Dan Clark

May 07, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"I look forward to doing my part to help Robinhood reach even greater heights in serving its customers. I will miss WilmerHale, but I know I will stay close to all of my friends there," Daniel Gallagher said.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

May 06, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"This is meant to be a collaboration across industries," Laura Maechtlen, co-chair of Seyfarth Shaw's National Diversity & Inclusion Action Team in San Francisco, said. "We want to have a strong focus on law students who can benefit tremendously from hearing from in-house counsel."

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

May 05, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"While inviting Epstein to campus did not violate any Harvard policies, aspects of his relationship to the PED, such as his access to the program's offices, treatment on the PED's website and interactions concerning one grant application, do implicate Harvard policies and our findings and recommendations address these issues," Diane Lopez, general counsel at Harvard University, said in a letter to the Harvard president.

By Dan Clark

4 minute read

May 04, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"The best advice is to make sure you have a consistent policy to apply across the board," Michelle Reed, a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Dallas, said. "If you're consistent, you're less likely to face regulatory scrutiny. That's not to say that you won't be sued, but if you limit the risk you can nip that kind of litigation in the bud."

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

April 29, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"Some of the important questions that I've gotten are how do different jurisdictions treat in-house counsel and who within the corporation qualifies as the client for the purposes of privilege," David Greenwald, a partner at Jenner & Block in Chicago, explained.

By Dan Clark

2 minute read

April 28, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"He [Levoff] challenges the United States Attorney to identify the federal criminal law—a law passed by Congress—that he violated when he allegedly traded Apple stock based on information he gleaned as an in-house Apple lawyer and senior executive," Kevin Marino, founding partner at Marino, Tortorella & Boyle in Chatham, New Jersey, wrote in the motion to dismiss.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

April 28, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"There is a palpable reason to adopt new technology," Catherine Moynihan, associate vice president of legal management services at the Association of Corporate Counsel, said. "The technology is enabling people to work in ways that didn't seem possible that long ago and the proof of concept is right before our very eyes."

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

April 27, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"The purpose of the checklist is that it serves as a starting point for GCs to determine what kind of questions they need to ask to proceed with implementing artificial intelligence," Jenny Karlsson, the North American head of global markets at Lex Mundi in Houston, told Corporate Counsel.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

April 21, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"A small act of recognition for an act of integrity is how I think you encourage people to do more," Chesnut said.

By Dan Clark

7 minute read

April 20, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"I'm really there to support her and the rest of the team and move the big rocks out of her path whether that be fundraising or leveraging my own network," said Damien Atkins, chair-elect of the board of directors at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read